Battery Compliance Resources

Practical guides, checklists and decision tools for UK businesses handling lithium batteries, hazardous waste movements and producer responsibility obligations.

Live dataset

UK Battery Fire Tracker

Every publicly reported battery and vape fire in UK bin lorries, recycling centres and waste sites, mapped and sourced. Updated as incidents are reported, free to cite.

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Guide

Swollen E-Bike Battery? What to Do Right Now, and What Never to Do

What to do with a swollen e-bike battery: the immediate safety steps, the mistakes that cause fires, and the compliant route for getting a damaged pack collected in the UK.

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Vape recycling guide

Can You Recycle Vapes? A UK Guide

A plain UK answer on whether you can recycle vapes, where to take them, whether you can recycle them for money, and what shops that sell vapes have to offer.

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Guide

How to Dispose of Lithium Batteries: A UK Business Guide

A practical guide to lithium battery disposal for UK businesses, covering the law, the compliant collection route, damaged batteries, costs and documentation.

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Guide

Solar Panel Disposal & Recycling in the UK: A Business Guide

A practical guide to solar panel disposal and recycling for UK businesses and installers, covering the WEEE rules, the compliant route, material recovery, costs and documentation.

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Vape safety guide

Can You Put Vapes in the Bin?

A direct UK answer on why vapes should not go in household, recycling or street bins, with safer routes for customers and practical steps for retailers.

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Vape disposal guide

How to Dispose of Vapes in the UK

A UK guide to safe vape disposal for customers, shop teams and retailers, covering WEEE, lithium battery risk, takeback routes and collection evidence.

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Retailer guide

Vape Recycling for Retailers

A retailer-focused guide to setting up vape recycling in-store, from customer returns and accepted items to collection paperwork and WEEE accuracy.

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Lead magnet

Vape Retailer WEEE & Takeback Checklist

Use this checklist to see whether your shop has the customer notice, staff SOP, storage process, returned-vape log and collection route needed for vape takeback.

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Decision guide

Battery Compliance Scheme vs Compliance Review & Setup: What's the Difference?

A decision guide explaining when a Battery Compliance Scheme is enough, when a wider review is needed, and why many battery businesses need both.

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Checklist

Commercial Lithium Battery Disposal Checklist for UK Businesses

Use this checklist before arranging commercial lithium battery disposal, from identifying battery types to preparing documentation and collection evidence.

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Checklist

Lithium Battery Compliance Checklist for UK Businesses

A cross-functional checklist for UK businesses that import, sell, store, collect or dispose of lithium batteries and battery-powered products.

Case study

I Love Vapour: Vape Compliance Run Across All 7 Stores

How Cell Comply set up compliant vape takeback across a seven-store retail chain and keeps it running: bins, signage, SOPs, one collection route and records that stay inspection-ready as the rules change.

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Reference

Compliance glossary

Plain-English definitions of the vape, WEEE, battery and takeback terms behind these guides — an A–Z you can link straight to.

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Coming next

Resource roadmap

Planned over the next 90 days: a vape retailer takeback SOP template, a battery storage and returned-device log template, and a Digital Waste Tracking readiness checklist.